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The Guardian reports that British Former Prime Minister Tony Blair"s sister-in-law, journalist and broadcaster Lauren Booth has converted to Islam after visiting the shrine of Fatima al-Masumeh in the City of Qom, Iran and decided to convert immediately on her return to Britain.

Booth, 43 – who works for Press TV, the English-language Iranian news channel – has stopped eating pork and drinking alcohol, reads the Qur"an every day, wears a hijab whenever she leaves her home, prays five times a day and visits her local mosque whenever she can.

Booth had visited Mr. Adnan Oktar for an interview for Islamic Channel in 2008 and bought many of his books.